Pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes in Australia

Neil Merrett; Arthur Richardson; Vincent Lam; Richard Walton; David Currow

doi:10.1111/ans.15778

Pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes in Australia

Neil Merrett, Arthur Richardson, Vincent Lam, Richard Walton, David Currow

Western Sydney University

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We read with interest the articles by Stevens et al. and Davis et al. regarding outcomes for pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). We were nonplussed by the comment regarding New South Wales (NSW) exhibiting the highest post-operative mortality rate (POMR) without acknowledgement that including this long time period is likely to mask, as demonstrated in the NSW plots, marked improvement over time in their measure. Presenting the mean in the presence of such variation does not give meaningful comparisons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	938-939
Number of pages	2
Journal	ANZ Journal of Surgery
Volume	90
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.15778
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

older people
pancreatic fistula
pancreaticoduodenectomy

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